NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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 Products involved: AXIS 540+ rev2
                    AXIS 560 rev2

 Release date:      Sep 21, 2004 (AXIS 540+ rev2)
                    Sep 10, 2004 (AXIS 560 rev2) 

 Release type:      PRODUCTION

 Software version:  7.00

 File size:         AXIS 540+ rev2      977 840 bytes
                    AXIS 560 rev2       985 426 bytes

 Last preceding
 release:           6.48


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 Contact Information
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 Please contact Axis Communications for product information, 
 updates and support at
 
 http://www.axis.com

  
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 Added features in version 7.00
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 - Rendezvous

 - The TCP/IP parameters has been divided into two sets: TCP/IP Network and
   TCP/IP Printing

 - The Axis SNMP private enterprise MIB has been revised and updated.

 - Appletalk autodetection of printer type is now enabled/disabled on a per
   port basis (enabled by default). The default printer type is LaserWriter.


 Corrected problems in version 7.00
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 - Improved support in MacOS X for a number of Epson laser printers.

 - If the print server receives the domain name option via DHCP, the value is
   validated before the parameter is set.

 - The tcp handling of retransmissions is improved. Data loss is now less 
   frequent in tcp sessions where the amount of data retransmission is high.

 - A TCP/IP problem which could cause network disturbances has been corrected.
 
 - The Delete Job functionality is improved, now it is possible to delete 
   "hanging" jobs as well.
 
 - A problem with printing very small jobs with raw tcp has been removed. 
   Earlier, the print jobs could disappear if the print server got an 
   end-of-file before the printer became available.

 - Solved problem with missing lines when print jobs are sent while the printer
   is disconnected or offline.

 - Improved performance by limiting simultaneous raw tcp connections to 5 per
   tcp port. Earlier, printing clients could consume all memory of the print
   server if the printer was e.g. powered off.

 - Improvement to make sure the print server honors the busy signal in the
   parallel port interface.


Limitations in version 7.00
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 - If upgrading from a firmware release earlier than 6.48 
   (6.48.0 for the 540+), the DHCP parameter will be set to the default value,
   i.e. enabled. Thus after upgrading from these old releases, any static IP 
   parameters such as the IP address, will be replaced with values obtained
   from DHCP. 

   We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

 - Axis ThinWizard is the recommended management tool to use with this print 
   server. HP WebJetadmin is neither tested nor supported with this release.

 - Support for Checksums in Netware is not implemented.

 - If there is an SLP directory agent on the network and the 
   slp-directory-agent option (RFC 2165) is used by the dhcp server, 
   the print servers will most likely end up in a non recoverable endless loop.

 - If the print server receives a NDS tree name via dhcp, and the new name
   differs from the one stored in the print server, the print server will
   keep on rebooting forever. The solution is either to disable the NDS tree 
   option on the DHCP server, or to configure the print server on a network
   where no DHCP server is present.
 
 - FW 7.00 is not fully compatible with TW 3.00.  The Print Server 
   name will be missing and the Status reported by TW 3.0 will be wrong. 
   For full functionality please use TW 3.04, or higher. TW 3.04 is 
   estimated to be released no later than Feb 4 2005.

 - Firmware release 7.00 and onwards only supports print servers with Axis brand name.